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Polycarpa pomaria (Savigny, 1816) 
AphiaID: 103909

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Tunicata (Subphylum) > Ascidiacea (Class) > Stolidobranchia (Order) > Styelidae (Family) > Polycarpa (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Polycarpa Heller, 1877
Synonymised
taxa
  Cynthia granulata Alder, 1863 (original combination)
Cynthia pomaria Savigny, 1816 (original combination)
Cynthia quadrangularis (Forbes, 1848) (new combination)
Cynthia sulcatula Alder, 1863 (original combination)
Cynthia tuberosa MacGillivray, 1844 (original combination)
Pandocia pomaria (Savigny, 1816) (new combination)
Polycarpa informis (Forbes, 1848) (new combination)
Polycarpa mayeri Traustedt, 1883 (original combination)
Polycarpa varians Heller, 1877 (original combination)
Pyura scabriscula Sars, 1870 (original combination)
Styela apalina Alder & Hancock, 1907 (original combination)
Styela granulata (Alder, 1863) (new combination)
Styela informis Forbes, 1848 (original combination)
Styela opalina Alder, 1863 (original combination)
Styela quadrangularis Forbes, 1848 (original combination)
Styela sulcatula (Alder, 1863) (new combination)
Styela tuberosa (MacGillivray, 1844) (new combination)
Sources  basis of record: Monniot, C. (2001). Ascidiacea & Sorberacea, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 352-355 (look up in IMIS[details]

additional source: Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp. (look up in IMIS[details]

additional source: Vazquez, E., A.A. Ramos-Elspa, X. Turon (1995) The genus Polycarpa (Ascidiacea, Styelidae) on the Atlantic and Mediterranean coasts of the Iberian Peninsula J. Zool., Lond., 237: 593-614. [details]

additional source: Dyntaxa (2013) Swedish Taxonomic Database. Accessed at www.dyntaxa.se [15-01-2013]., available online at http://www.dyntaxa.se [details]

additional source: Howson, C.M.; Picton, B.E. (Ed.) (1997). The species directory of the marine fauna and flora of the British Isles and surrounding seas. Ulster Museum Publication, 276. The Ulster Museum: Belfast, UK. ISBN 0-948150-06-8. vi, 508 (+ cd-rom) pp. (look up in IMIS[details]

additional source: UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (look up in IMIS[details]

from synonym: Savigny, J.C. (1816) Memoires sur les animaux sans vertebres. Paris., 2, 1-239. [details] [view taxon]

from synonym: Sanamyan, K. (2007). Database of extant Ascidiacea. Version of 2 November 2007. (look up in IMIS[details] [view taxon]

from synonym: Alder, J. (1863) Observations on the British Tunicata with descriptions of several new species Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser.3, 11: 153-173. [details] [view taxon]

from synonym: Macgillivray, W. (1844) A History of the Molluscous Animals of Scotland. London and Aberdeen. [details] [view taxon]

from synonym: Traustedt, M.P.A. (1883) Die einfachen ascidien des Golfes von Neapel Mitth. Zool. Stat. Neapel, 4: 448-488. [details] [view taxon]

from synonym: Heller, C. (1877) Untersuchungen uber die Tunicaten des Adriatischen und Mittelmeeres Denkschen. Acad. Wiss. Wien, 37: 241-275. [details] [view taxon]

from synonym: Sars, M. (1870). Bidrag til Kundskapen om Christiania fjordens Fauna. Nyt. Mag. Naturvid., vol. 17 [details] [view taxon]

from synonym: Alder, J., Hancock (1905-1912) The British Tunicata. London, Ray Society, vol.1 (1905), 146pp; 2 (1907), vol.2 (1907), 164pp; vol.3, (1912), 113pp. [details] [view taxon]

from synonym: Forbes, E., S.C.T. Hanley (1848) A history of the British Molluscs and their shells 1, 2 & 4. [details] [view taxon]

context source (Deepsea): Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]

Vernacular
Names
 
Language   Name 
Norwegian Bokmål nypotetsekkdyr  [details]
Norwegian Nynorsk nypotetsekkdyr  [details]
Swedish havspotatis  [details]
Environment marine
Distribution Arctic Ocean [details]
British Isles [details]
European waters (ERMS scope) [details]
Greek Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Irish Exclusive economic Zone [details]
Mediterranean Sea [details]
North East Atlantic [details]
Swedish Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
United Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Wimereux [details]
Feedingtype  suspension feeder [details]
Host of  Ascidicola rosea Thorell, 1859 (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Botryllophilus aspinosus Schellenberg, 1922 (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Doropygus pulex Thorell, 1859 (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Gunenotophorus globularis Costa O.G., 1838 (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Scolecimorpha joubini (Chatton, 1909) (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Ophioseides joubini Chatton, 1909 (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Scolecimorpha insignis Sars G.O., 1926 (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Scolecimorpha insignis Sars G.O., 1926 (parasitic: endoparasitic)
Links Encyclopedia of Marine Life of Britain and Ireland
To Barcode of Life (1 barcode)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (29 publications)
To Dyntaxa
To Encyclopedia of Life
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 2 proteins)
To Marine Species Identification Portal
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Chordata Collection
To ITIS
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:103909
Taxonomic
Edit history
 
Date   action   by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  Monniot, Claude
2007-12-05 12:32:01Z  checked  Sanamyan, Karen
  
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  Citation: Sanamyan, K.; Monniot, C. (2013). Polycarpa pomaria (Savigny, 1816). In: Shenkar, N.; Gittenberger, A.; Lambert, G.; Rius, M.; Moreira Da Rocha, R.; Swalla, B.J.; Turron, X. (2013) Ascidiacea World Database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=103909 on 2013-05-25
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